Comparing the Current US Airways Premier World MasterCard® Offers [EXPIRED]

Update 2/19/13: Both offers below have since been expired.

Update: Our friend, Mommy Points, via View From the Wing, alerted us this morning that the Chairman’s link below has apparently been modified, requiring an employee number now. While there are reports of people getting approved leaving this field blank, it is up to you whether ethically you feel the desire to use the Chairman’s application. It is kind of sad US Airways decided to modify their Chairman’s offer, despite being live and active for such a long period of time.

This week our affiliate manager notified us that the current US Airways Premier World MasterCard® bonus had been increased to 50,000 miles (previously 40,000 miles, which was really only 30,000 miles after first use + 10,000 miles for a balance transfer).

Last month I wrote about how I applied for the US Airways Premier World MasterCard® back in May 2012, prior to our trip to Hawaii. To date I have earned mountains of miles using this card, but I also put all of our expenses on the card each month.

The best offer for the card has been the Chairman’s Preferred Members link, which offers 40,000 miles after first use, and additional 10,000 miles each year upon account renewal, and the first year annual fee ($89) waived, as well as other numerous benefits.

Our current affiliate offer for the US Airways Premier World MasterCard® (I am providing the link so you can compare the offers) now grants the same 40,000 mile bonus after first use. However, the major difference from the Chairman’s offer above is that no where does the terms mention the additional 10,000 bonus miles each year upon account renewal. In addition, the annual fee is not waived the first year.

So in reality, I had hopes of being able to reemphasize my post from last month that now we could offer the best offer available, backed by our own personal experience using the card. However, in reality, I do not recommend using our affiliate link as I think the Chairman’s link is a better offer, saving you the annual fee for the first year, as well as earning an additional 10,000 miles each year.

I carry and use the Barclay’s US Airways Premier World MasterCard® as I believe it will offer some great benefits to our family when it comes time to redeem for travel. My favorite aspect is getting to spend 5,000 less miles for an award ticket. We have already earned enough miles to get my wife and I back to Hawaii. Now we just need to plan to earn enough to get our boys there with us in the future. We can easily do so by opening the same card for my wife, as well as opening various other cards that can then transfer miles into US Airways. To see some more details on the benefits of the US Airways card, see my previous Barclay’s US Airways Premier World MasterCard post.

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